Boundedness criteria for real quivers of rank 3
Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 9 (2026) no. 2, pp. 403-425

We study the boundedness of a mutation class for quivers with real weights. The main result is a characterization of bounded mutation classes for real quivers of rank 3.

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DOI: 10.5802/alco.481
Classification: 13F60, 05E99
Keywords: quiver mutation, real weights, rank 3 quivers
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Casals, Roger; Ke, Kenton. Boundedness criteria for real quivers of rank 3. Algebraic Combinatorics, Volume 9 (2026) no. 2, pp. 403-425. doi: 10.5802/alco.481
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